Soap-holder



(No Model.)

A. E. ROBINSON.

SOAP HOLDER.

Patented Feb. 2

STATES ATEN'T Orricsr ARTHUR E. ROBINSON, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA-l.

SOAP-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,589, dated February 2, 1886.

Application filed October 21, 1855.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, ARTHUR E. .tonixsort, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Tmprovementsin Soap-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a soap-holder to be suspended above or in proximity to a washbowl, by means of an elastic cord or tube, in such a manner as to prevent immersion of the soap and its holder in the water, except when the soap is required for use, it being then only necessary to draw the holder down into the waslrbowl, which thus allows the use of the contained soap without removing it from the holder.

The invention consists of a soap-holder composed of a perforated receptacle orpocket for receiving and retaining a piece of soap, said bag being provided with a rubber tube, cord, or other elastic suspending attachment.

In the annexed drawings, illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved soap-holder. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 shows a soap holder suspended,

Referring to these drawings, the letter A designates a bag, pocket, or receptacle of rubber, cloth, or other pliable material. This bag consists of a front portion or flap, a, and a rear portion or flap, I), the latter being about half an inch longer than the front flap, and arranged to lap over the same at the top or open end of the bag. The upper end of each ilap and b is provided with a re-enforced bnttorrholc, c and (l, respectively, and through these button-holes or openings is passed a flexible and elastic tube or cord, B, that is secured by a cap, nut, or other fastening, c, at its lower end. The opposite end of the elastic tube or cord 13 is provided with aloop or ring, f, by which the soap-holder is suspended from a hook or nail at any con venient point above a wash-bowl. By slipping the rear portion or back flap, b, upward along the suspending attachment B the mouth of the A. will be opened to admit a piece of soap, or permit its removal Serial No. 150,536. (No model.)

The bag A is provided with a number of v perforations, g, through which water enters the bag when it is immersed, thus dissolving the soap. The suds and dissolved soap pass out through these openings 9 into the hands of a person using the device, or upon any fabric to which the article maybe applied. It will be seen that the elasticity of the sus pensory cord or tube 13 enables the holder to be readily drawn down into the wash bowl or tub when the use of soap is required, the perforations g permitting the soap to be applied to the hands or to any fabric without removing said soap from its holder. lVhen the holder A is released, the elasticity of its suspensory attachments B withdraws it from the water and holds it suspended above the bowl or tub while the water drains through the perforations 9, thus permitting the soap to dry, and avoiding the waste incident to carelessly leaving it in the water. It is apparent that after a piece of soap has been placed in the holder or bag A and the mouth of the same closed by drawing the flap 1) down along the tube or cord B, the soap will be securely held without liability of accidental displacement, and without any necessity of removing it for use, as the perforations in the bag afford a sufficient exit for the soap after it has been dissolved by immersing the holder in the wash bowl or tub, as described.

In Fig. 3 is shown a convenient way of sus pending the soapholder from a tranverse rod or wire, 0, which may also serve as a towel rack or support.

This soapholder will be found. especially valuable in hotels and similar places, as the soap can be used without removing it from the holder, and is not capable of being mislaid, nor liable to be surreptitiously taken away, which often happens when the soap is exposed upon a wash-stand or in a soapdish.

hat I claim is-- l. A soap-holder consisting of a perforated receptacle composed of pliable material and provided with an elastic suspensory attachment, substantially as described.

2. A soap-holder consisting of a pliable receptacie provided with perforations, and having a suspensory attachment adapted to close and a loop or ring, f, at the other end, sub 10 the mouth of said receptacle and serve as a stantially as described.

means of suspending the same above a wash- In testimony WhereofIaffiX my signature in bowl, substantially as described. presence of two witnesses. 5 3. In a soap-holder, the combination of a 1 T perforated receptacle, A, provided with flaps ARTHUR ROBILSOL' a 6, having button-holes 0 d, and the elastic \Vitnesses:

tube or cord B, passed through said button- EDMUND RIOE,'J1'., holes and having a fastening, e, at one end J. M. BEDDING. 

